Navalny Confirms Transfer to Arctic Circle Penal Colony
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FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov during a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence in Moscow, Russia May 24, 2022.
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny confirmed Tuesday that he had been transferred to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle.
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